Hand-elevator.



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E. SAYRE.

HAND ELEVATOR,

(Application filed Nov. 28, 1900.) (lo Model.)

Patented Apr. 9 I901.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ENOOH SAYRE, or OHILLIOOTHE, OHIO.

HAN D-ELEVATO R.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 671,808, dated April 9,1901.

Application filed November 28,1900. Serial No. 37,974. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ENOOH SAYRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohillicothe, in the county of Ross and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Hand-Elevators, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Myinvention relates to hand-operated elevators designed for the purposeof conveying grain or other material in sacks or packages from one placeto another and automatically dumping said sacks or packages; and theobjects of the same are to provide a simple and convenient device forthis purpose which will be reliable and efficient and which will conveythe sacks or packages expeditiously and dump them automatically with theexpenditure of but little power. I attain these objects by means of theconstruction shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective View of an apparatus made in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail section of thecarriage on the dumpingsection of the track.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts wherever they occur inthe different views.

In said drawings the numeral 1 designates a track which may beconstructed of the two pieces 2 2, held the required distance apart bythe transverse rods 3. Cleats 4 are secured to the inner sides of thepieces 2 near their upper edges, and at the top of these cleatstrack-rails or metal straps 5 may be secured. At one end of the pieces 2a dump 6 is pivoted on the transverse rod 7. This dump consists of thetwo side pieces 8 8,having rails 9 9 secured to their upper edges, saidrails forming a continuation of the rails 5 when the dump is in itsnormal position. At the outer end of the dump a pair of curved stops 10are secured, and near the opposite end a hook or catch 11 is provided,which eX-- tends horizontally and is formed on the end of anupwardly-extending arm,which is firmly secured at its lower end to oneof the crossbars of the dump. A metal frame 12 is pivotally secured tothe side pieces 2 and to the pieces 8 and extends up a suitable distanceand is braced from the dump by the inclined metal straps 18. Secured tothe cross-bar 14 of the frame 12 is a pulley 15. A rope 16 is secured toa cross-bar 17 on the dump, said rope extending around a cross-bar 18between the pieces 2. A truck or carriage 19, designed to carry sacks orpackages, is mounted on wheels to run on the tracks 5 and 9. A rope 20is secured to the rear end of the truck, and said rope passes up andthrough the pulley 15. A dowuwardly-exteriding arm having an eye 21 inits lower end is rigidly mounted on the rear end of the truck. This eye21is designed to be engaged by the catch 11. By this arrangement the caris held from overbalancing, and thereby leaving the track. A knot 22,formed in the rope 20, serves as a stop to limit the upward movement ofthe truck.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The elevator is placed inposition to convey the sacks or packages to the desired point, which maybe a bin or loft. One or more sacks may be placed upon the truck, andthe rope 20 passes around the lower end of the load to hold it on thetruck. By pulling upon the opposite end of the rope 20 the truck ismoved up the track until the knot 22 in the rope reaches the pulley 15,at which time the front wheels of the truck are caught by the curvedsteps 10, andcthe hook or catch 11 engages the eye 21 on the truck. Atthis position of the truck the dump is tilted by gravity, and the loadis slid 0d the truck into the bin; Relieved of its load, the dumpreturns to its normal position, and the truck returns by gravity to theloading-point at the opposite end of the track. The rope 16 may beshortened or lengthened to give more or less inclination to the dumpwhen desired.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that my elevator is simple inconstruction, not liable to get out of order, is eflicient for itspurpose, will handlealarge quantity of grain or other material in ashort time, and can be constructed at a small cost.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- Ahandpperated conveyer, consisting of a track, a dump pivoted to one endthereof, a

at the opposite end, and an eye on the car adapted to engage. the hookor catch, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. l

ENOCH SAYRE.

Witnesses:

C. T. FOWLER, CHAS. E. CAPPLE.

